Historical Events In January - 18

1840  On January - 18 electro-Magnetic Intelligencer, 1st US electrical journal, appears   

1840  Austin Dobson, England, poet/critic/biographer on January - 18.   

1841  On this day in history alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier, France, composer (Le Roi Malgré Lui)   

1849  On this day in history edmund Barton, 1st PM of Australia (1900-03)   

1850  British blockade Piræus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims on this day in history.   

1850  British blockade Piraeus, Greece to enforce mercantile claims on January - 18.   

1854  Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW México on January - 18.   

1854  On January - 18 filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico   

1854  Thomas A Watson, needed by Bell, inventor assistant (Telephone) on this day in history.   

1854  On January - 18 juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies   

1856  Daniel Nathan Hale Williams, surgeon (1st open heart operation) on January - 18.   

1857  On this day in history otto von Below, German commandant (WW I)   

1861  On this day in history georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.   

1861  On January - 18 american Civil War   

1861  On this day in history hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

1862  Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed on this day in history.   

1862  Confederate Territory of Arizona forms on this day in history.   

1862  On January - 18 john Tyler, 10th US pres (1841-45), dies in Richmond Va at 71   

1865  On January - 18 battle of Fort Moultrie SC   

1865  On January - 18 battle of Ft Moultrie, SC   

1869  On January - 18 elegant Calif Theater opens in SF   

1869  Willem De Vreese, Flemish linguist/biblographer on this day in history.   

1870  On this day in history berend Modderman, printer (Drukkers yearbook)   

1871  On January - 18 2nd German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I & Bismarck   

1871  Germany has its first emperor, King Wilhelm of Prussia on this day in history.   

1871  On January - 18 william of Prussia was declared the first German emperor.   

1872  On this day in history paul Leautaud, [Maurice Boissard], France, writer (Petit ami)   

1875  Joseph Philbrick Webster, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history samuel Zemurray, U.S. businessman (d.1961)   

1878  Hendrik Baels, Belgian politician on this day in history.   

1880  On January - 18 paul Ehrenfest, Austria/Neth physicist (adiabates hypothesis)   

1881  The birth of Gaston Gallimard, French publisher on January - 18.   

1881  On this day in history gaston Gallimard, French publisher (Librairie Gallimard) [or 1908]   

1882  Alan Alexander Milne, English author (Winnie-the-Pooh) on January - 18.   

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0885  On this day in history birth of daigo, Emperor of Japan (d. 930)   

1519  On this day in history birth of isabella JagieÅ‚Å‚o, queen of Hungary (d. 1559)   

1543  On January - 18 birth of alfonso Ferrabosco, composer   

1641  Francois Michel le Tellier, French statesman (Marquis de Louvois) was born on January - 18.   

1657  Hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau) was born on January - 18.   

1672  Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (d. 1731) was born on January - 18.   

1685  Tiberius Hemsterhuis, Dutch Classical prof, baptized was born on January - 18.   

1688  On this day in history birth of lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1765)   

0052  Death of Publius Clodius Pulcher (murdered) (b. 93 BC) on January - 18.   

0474  Death of Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 401) on this day in history.   

1367  Pedro I, king of Portugal (1357-67), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1425  Death of Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (b. 1391) on this day in history.   

1471  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan (b. 1419)   

1479  Louis IX, the Rich, duke of Bayern (U of Ingolstadt), dies at 61 on January - 18.   

1580  Antonio Scandello, Italian composer (Passion of John), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1586  On this day in history death of margaret of Austria, regent of The Netherlands (b. 1522)